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Steven Sotloff's beheading fuels calls for U.S. action: What people are saying

Steven Sotloff

In this file still image from an undated video released by Islamic State militants on Tuesday purports to show journalist Steven Sotloff being held by the militant group. An Internet video purporting to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Sotloff by the Islamic State group was posted online Tuesday, a beheading described as retribution for continued U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.
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Freelance journalist Steven Sotloff's beheading has fueled calls for the U.S. to take action against his murderers.

The U.S. has confirmed that Sotloff was the man who was beheaded in the video released by ISIS on Tuesday. He is the second freelance journalist to be murdered by ISIS in the last month, and there are renewed fears for a British journalist who is also being held by the organization.

President Obama, Congressional leaders and Secretary of State John Kerry have all vowed that the U.S. will take action against the terrorist organization operating in Syria and Iraq.